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Laker Airways DC-10 'Canterbury Belle' undergoing maintenance in aircraft hangar with workers and equipment

A Laker Airways McDonnell Douglas DC-10 aircraft named 'Canterbury Belle' sits in a maintenance hangar surrounded by work platforms and technicians. This wide-body jet was part of Sir Freddie Laker's fleet that revolutionized transatlantic air travel with affordable 'Skytrain' services in the 1970s and early 1980s.

Laker Airways DC-10 Canterbury Belle aircraft maintenance hangar Sir Freddie Laker Skytrain 1970s 1980s McDonnell Douglas transatlantic aviation low-cost airline

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